Household-tool.



No. 757,981. 'PATEN'TBD APR.19,'1904.

H. H. TYRRELL.

HOUSEHOLD TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, 1908.

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UNITED STATES Patented April 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT H. TYRRELL, OF SWAIN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MICHEL J. KELLEY, OF SWAIN, NEW YORK.

HOUSEHOLD-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'Patent No. 757,981, dated April 19, 1904.

Application filed March 18, 1903.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT H. TYRRELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Swain, in the county of Allegany and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Household -Tools, of which the following is a specification.

This invention appertains to the variety of tools designed most especially for household use, hence embodying a number of tools in compact and convenient form, each capable of independent use, thereby providing a single device capable of a wide range of usefulness.

The invention consists of two handle or bar members having their middle portions oppositely curved to form clamp portions and pivoted together at one end of the said clamp portions and having their end portions approximately parallel and adapted to come together and constituting grips whereby the handle or bar members may be gripped and pressed together at each side of the clamp portions.

The invention further consists of jaw mem bers at one end ofthe pivoted handle-bars, having their central portions tongued and grooved and having the extreme portions extended and their meeting faces flat.

The invention consists of the novel features and structural details, which hereinafter will be more particularly set forth, illustrated, and finally claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of the specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tool embodying the essential features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the end portion of the tool provided with the crimping-jaws. Fig. 8 is a transverse section on the line X X of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the handle end of the tool.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The tool comprises the handle or bar members 1 and 2, crossing near one end and piv- Serial No. 148,439. (No model.)

oted at the point of crossing, as indicated at a. The members 1 and 2 have their middle portions oppositely curved to form clamp portions 4, which are preferably toothed, serrated, or roughened upon their inn'eredges to preclude slipping when the tool is in use. The end portions of the handle or bar members 1 and 2 extend outward from the intermediate portion in opposite directions upon approximately parallel lines and are adapted to come together and constitute grips to enable firm hold of the tool at each side of the clamp portion 4, thereby enabling the use of both hands when the tool is in operation.

The handle ends of the pivoted members are indicated at b and 0 and the crimping-jaws at 7 7. A wire-cutter 5 is formed in correspondingedges of the members by notches 5 and 5", as indicated most clearly in Fig. 2.

The clamp portions I extend inwardly near the pivotal connection a of the members 1 and 2 to form a nut-cracker or pipe-wrench. The handle end 6 is provided with a cutting-blade 11 at its outer end, constituting a can-opener, and with a projection 12 forming a stop to prevent injurious contact of thehand with the blade, said stop also providing a rest when using the blade as a pry. The handle end 0 terminates in a claw 10, which is utilized for extracting tacks, brads, and the like.

The crimping-jaws 7 7* have their central portions tongued and grooved, as shown at 8 and 9 in Fig. 3, the groove 8 being in the jaw 7 and the tongue 9 projecting from the jaw 7, the tongue and groove matching and adapted to crimp stovepipe or sheet metal when required for any purpose. The extremities of the crimping-jaws 7 7 are flat and come squarely together, as indicated at d, thereby enabling said jaws to be used as pincers or flat-nosed pliers. One of the crimping-jaws,

as 7, is provided with a hammer 6, thereby adapting the tool for use in driving tacks or in the capacity of a hammer.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is A tool comprising pivoted members having corresponding jaws at one end, one of the jaws In testimony whereof I affix my signature in havlng a centrally-disposed lntegral tongue of pregrnce of two wltnesses.

uniform cross-section throughout its length, I

the other jaw having a corresponding groove, HERBERT TYRRELL' 5 and both jaws having outer extensions adapt- Witnesses:

ed to come squarely together, substantially as CHARLES W. ETZ,

set forth. EDWARD C. WIGHTMAN. 

